Here in late September, the fields of the Parkway are full of Black-eyed Susan, Joe-Pye Weed, Queen Anne’s Lace, Ironweed, Goldenrod, and some Butterfly Weed. There are great displays of Cardinal Flower in a few wet areas. The staff at the Peaks of Otter is reporting Ironweed and Jewel Weed, Woodland Sunflower, and Pink Turtlehead […]

It is mid-September and depending on your location you may find a few signs of fall color on some trees along the Parkway. This is just a reminder to the display that always arrives here in the mountains around the middle of October. Generally the fields full with this time of year with Black-eyed Susan, […]

We’re approaching mid-September, and depending on your location, you may find that a few signs of fall color are on the trees along the Parkway. This is just a reminder to a fall that’s display always arrives here in the mountains in about a month, the middle of October. Generally fields on the Parkway are […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the first week of August. Beginning on the North end around the Peaks of Otter in Virginia, visitors will probably find Jewel Weed, Butterfly Weed, Common Milkweed, Yarrow, Black Cohosh, Woodland Sunflower, and Deptford Pink. All of these are common summer varieties here in the Blue […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower report for mid-July. Around the Peaks of Otter in Virginia, visitors will probably find Jewelweed, Butterfly Weed, St. John’s Wort, Butterfly Pea, Common Milkweed, Yarrow, Black Cohosh, Woodland Sunflower, and Deptford Pink, all of which are common summer varieties here in the Blue Ridge. Throughout the plateau district, […]